Central product of D8 and Z4

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Definition

This group of order 16 is defined in the following equivalent ways:

1. It is the central product of the dihedral group of order eight and cyclic group of order four over a common cyclic central subgroup of order two.
2. It is the central product of the quaternion group and cyclic group of order four over a common cyclic central subgroup of order two.

It is given by the presentation:

$G := \langle a,x,y \mid a^4 = y^4 = x^2 = e, a^2 = y^2, xax = a^{-1}, ay = ya, xy = yx \rangle$.

Here, $\langle a,x \rangle$ is the dihedral group of order eight and $\langle y \rangle$ is the cyclic group of order four.

Arithmetic functions

Want to compare and contrast arithmetic function values with other groups of the same order? Check out groups of order 16#Arithmetic functions

Function	Value	Similar groups	Explanation for function value
underlying prime of p-group	2
order (number of elements, equivalently, cardinality or size of underlying set)	16	groups with same order
prime-base logarithm of order	4	groups with same prime-base logarithm of order
max-length of a group	4		max-length of a group equals prime-base logarithm of order for group of prime power order
chief length	4		chief length equals prime-base logarithm of order for group of prime power order
composition length	4		composition length equals prime-base logarithm of order for group of prime power order
exponent of a group	4	groups with same order and exponent of a group | groups with same exponent of a group
prime-base logarithm of exponent	2	groups with same order and prime-base logarithm of exponent | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and prime-base logarithm of exponent | groups with same prime-base logarithm of exponent
nilpotency class	2	groups with same order and nilpotency class | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and nilpotency class | groups with same nilpotency class
derived length	2	groups with same order and derived length | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and derived length | groups with same derived length
Frattini length	2	groups with same order and Frattini length | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and Frattini length | groups with same Frattini length
minimum size of generating set	3	groups with same order and minimum size of generating set | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and minimum size of generating set | groups with same minimum size of generating set
subgroup rank of a group	3	groups with same order and subgroup rank of a group | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and subgroup rank of a group | groups with same subgroup rank of a group
rank of a p-group	2	groups with same order and rank of a p-group | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and rank of a p-group | groups with same rank of a p-group
normal rank of a p-group	2	groups with same order and normal rank of a p-group | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and normal rank of a p-group | groups with same normal rank of a p-group
characteristic rank of a p-group	1	groups with same order and characteristic rank of a p-group | groups with same prime-base logarithm of order and characteristic rank of a p-group | groups with same characteristic rank of a p-group

Group properties

Property	Satisfied	Explanation	Comment
Abelian group	No	$a$ and $x$ don't commute
Nilpotent group	Yes	Prime power order implies nilpotent
UL-equivalent group	No	Nilpotency class two, but center does not coincide with derived subgroup.	See nilpotent not implies UL-equivalent
Metacyclic group	No
Supersolvable group	Yes
Solvable group	Yes	Nilpotent implies solvable
T-group	No	$\langle a^4,x \rangle \triangleleft \langle a^2,x \rangle$, which is normal, but $\langle a^4, x \rangle$ is not normal
Monolithic group	Yes	Unique minimal normal subgroup of order two
One-headed group	No	Seven distinct maximal normal subgroups of order eight
Directly indecomposable group	Yes
Centrally indecomposable group	No
Splitting-simple group	No

Subgroups

Further information: Subgroup structure of central product of D8 and Z4

1. The trivial subgroup. Isomorphic to trivial group. (1)
2. The subgroup $\langle a^2 \rangle$. This is the unique normal subgroup of order two, and is contained in the center. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z2. (1)
3. The subgroups $\langle x \rangle$, $\langle ax \rangle$, $\langle a^2x \rangle$, $\langle a^3x \rangle$. These come in two conjugacy classes of 2-subnormal subgroups, one comprising $\langle x \rangle$ and $\langle a^2x \rangle$ and the other comprising $\langle ax \rangle$ and $\langle a^3x \rangle$. However, they are all automorphic subgroups. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z2. (4)
4. The subgroups $\langle ay \rangle$ and $\langle a^3y \rangle$. These form a single conjugacy class of 2-subnormal subgroups. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z2. (2)
5. The subgroup $\langle y \rangle$ of order four. This is the center. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z4. (1)
6. The subgroups $\langle a \rangle$, $\langle xy \rangle$ and $\langle axy \rangle$. These are normal subgroups but are automorphic subgroups: they are related by outer automorphisms. Isomorphic to cyclic group:Z4. (3)
7. The subgroup $\langle a^2, x \rangle$, $\langle a^2, ax \rangle$ and $\langle a^2, ay \rangle$. These are all normal subgroups but are related by outer automorphisms. Isomorphic to Klein four-group. (3)
8. The subgroup $\langle a, xy \rangle$. This is an isomorph-free subgroup of order eight, containing the three non-characteristic cyclic subgroups of order four. Isomorphic to quaternion group. (3)
9. The subgroups $\langle a,y \rangle$, $\langle x, y \rangle$ and $\langle ax, y \rangle$. These are all normal and related by outer automorphisms. Isomorphic to direct product of Z4 and Z2. (3)
10. The subgroups $\langle a,x \rangle$, $\langle xy, ay \rangle$ and $\langle axy, ay \rangle$. These are all normal and are related by outer automorphisms. Isomorphic to dihedral group:D8. (3)
11. The whole group. (1)

GAP implementation

Group ID

This finite group has order 16 and has ID 13 among the groups of order 16 in GAP's SmallGroup library. For context, there are 14 groups of order 16. It can thus be defined using GAP's SmallGroup function as:

SmallGroup(16,13)

For instance, we can use the following assignment in GAP to create the group and name it $G$:

gap> G := SmallGroup(16,13);

Conversely, to check whether a given group $G$ is in fact the group we want, we can use GAP's IdGroup function:

IdGroup(G) = [16,13]

or just do:

IdGroup(G)

to have GAP output the group ID, that we can then compare to what we want.